Medical complications associated with substance use disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension: electronic health record findings.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Screening for substance use disorder (SUD) in general medical settings may be particularly important in patients with comorbid health conditions exacerbated by SUD. This study evaluated whether SUD is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) complications in patients with co-occurring T2DM and hypertension.

Design

Analysis of a limited data set obtained through IBM Watson Health Explorys, a platform integrating data from electronic health records. Matched controls were defined for each of five SUDs: tobacco use disorder (TUD), opioid use disorder (OUD), cocaine use disorder, cannabis use disorder (CUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) using Mahalanobis distance within propensity score calipers.

Setting

All patients were seen in the MetroHealth

SUBMITTER: Winhusen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626564 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature